Gainsborough man convicted of vicious knife attack
Darren William Bryant
A Gainsborough man has been convicted of a vicious knife attack on a local man.
30-year-old Darren William Bryant pleaded guilty to attempted murder at Lincoln Crown Court. A date for his sentencing hearing has yet to be set.
Bryant attacked the 29-year-old man with a 10cm bladed knife leaving him with a deep wound across the throat, two stab wounds to the chest and nine stab wounds to the back.
The victim suffered a collapsed lung and spent weeks on a specialist lung-bypass machine at a hospital in Manchester.
The throat wound means the victim can still no longer eat and may not be able to for another year. He is currently fed through a tube in his nose.
DI Nikki Mayo said: "This was a vicious, frenzied attack that has left the victim with lasting injuries that still have a profound impact of his day-to-day quality of life.
"We hope this conviction demonstrates our commitment to tackling serious violence in Lincolnshire."
Campaigners in Gainsborough have lost their fight to prevent a chicken farm being built in their village. Plans for the farm which would house three hundred thousand birds were approved last night.
A builder left paralysed from the chest down when he fell through a barn roof is urging others not to ignore health and safety issues when working in dangerous environments. Paul Blanchard from Gainsborough, was in a coma for three months after the accident which almost claimed his life.
Villagers in one part of Lincolnshire have found a novel new use for a disused phone box.
They have transformed the box in Torksey near Gainsborough into an information point. It is filled with details for people living nearby and visitors. Without the revamp it would have been taken away.
